Railway rail construction



M 8, 1924. isnwil H. H. WHITAKER I iaAxLwAY RAIL CONSTRUCTION 1 Filed Aug. 17. 1923 INVENTOR wnNEssM ATTORNEY H 1Z7 h-i i'a Wew Patented July 8, 1924 v lasa n- PATE T m,v

HENRY H. WHITAKER, OF TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA.

RAILwA Y lfiAllL CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed August -17, V1933. Serial No. 657,961[

To all tv hom t may Be it known that I, HENRY H. WHITAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Titusville, in the county of Brevard and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway Rail Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the pro-i V1S1OI1 of a rail'construction for street railways and steam road crossings where the rail is set in a pavement, thesaidconstruction being in sections with joints broken and the rail head strongly supported, and also with the rail head so secured in position that when connecting bolts are loosened the rail head can be moved out of engagement with the other sections and as readily replaced with a new rail head or section.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this spcification:-

I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway construction of my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same. 7 a

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

Among other elements my railway con-;.

' claims.

struction comprises a head or head section 1 at the underside of which is a reduced portion 2 on which is a lateral extension 3.

Manifestly as many of the said heads 1 may be employed as-is necessary.

In addition to the head or heads 1 my proved construction comprises a rail base 4 and a fish plate section 5, it being within the purview of my invention to employ as many bases or base sections 4 and as many fish plates or fish plate sections 5 as is necessary.

The base or bases 4 are provided with upstanding web 5 in the upper edgesof which this in the event of the fish plate 5 becom .ing worn rattle and loose motion can be averted. It will be manifest from the foregoing that the seating of the fish plate 5 in the recess 9 of the base 4 tends to hold the fish plate against lateral outward movement and thereby removes strain from the connections. It will also be manifest that when the connections are loosened, therail head 1 may lee-expeditiously and easily removed in an endwise direction and may as readily be replaced with a new head or section 1. Again it Will be observed that when the joints between the adjoining bases 4 are broken with'the joints between the adjoining heads 1 as well as with the joints between adjoining fish plates 5, a continuous and strong support will be afforded for the wheels of cars.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the part embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications. may be made such as fall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a a 1. In a railway rail construction, the combination of a base having a shank and a recess in the upper edge of the shank at one side thereof, and also having a flange overhanging said recess, a head having'a depending projection at its underside to seat in the recess of the base shank and a flange to fit under and interlock with the said flange of the base shank, a fish plate havinga base flange seated in the recess in the base and also having a concavity at its inner side opposed to the inner side of the base shank and an upper portion bearing against the side of the projection on the head remote from the overhanging flange of the base shank, and connections extending through the shank of thebase and the fish plate and entirely clear of the head. 7 2. In a railway rail construction, the combination of a base having a shank and a reeess in the upper-edge of the shank, and also having a flange overhanging said recess, rail head'having at its underside apr0 eotion on Which is a flange arranged under and interlocked with the flange on the base shank, a fish plate resting on the base and under the head and against the opposite side of the depending projection on the head with reference to the said flange onthe projection,

and eonneetiens-extending. throughthe shank of the base and the fish plate and entirely clear of the head, whereby when said connections are loosened the head can be readily disassociatetl ilromthe base shank and the fish plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY H. WHITAKER. 

